0049: [Unbearable, showdown]
In fact, there was not only one Disney princess who came to the sidelines, but also Lindsay Lohan, the "Mean Girl" who has been in the limelight recently, wearing red hair and stepping onto the court.
She had a different smile on her face, as if she was watching Hilary Duff's joke.
What's interesting is that they are sitting in the two adjacent seats closest to the court.
What makes basketball fans very interested is...sitting in the front row on the other side of the court, they are also a pair of enemies. Michael Jordan sat in the top seat next to the home team's bench, and three seats adjacent to him...
It turned out to be New York Knicks general manager Isaiah Thomas.
Thomas has not been happy in New York recently, and the big contracts he has handled are exploding one by one. The famous coach Larry Brown, who was hired with a lot of money, has also recently been rumored to resign... It seems that no one is willing to take over the mess in New York.
"I bet... Isaiah Thomas came here to watch the Kansas joke. Everyone knows that he recently had a bad time with Larry Brown. And Larry Brown is a super coach who came out of Kansas."
Kenny Smith maliciously speculated in the commentary box.
The man sitting next to him turned out to be... Charles Barkley.
This made the audience in front of the TV dumbfounded. Usually this pair of top commentators only appear in the NBA commentator's booth, but they would condescend to come to the NCAA arena.
"Without a doubt, I'm here for Bruce Lee. This guy has been grabbing so many headlines lately, and...he actually imitated Michael Jordan's buzzer beater and rescued Hilary Duff from under a 500-horsepower truck.
…God, my daughter is her biggest fan.”
Charles Barkley babbled.
Kenny Smith told him that both Michael Jordan and Hilary Duff came to the scene tonight.
"This is the charm of Bruce Lee. He has focused the attention of all basketball fans in the United States. Believe me. In five minutes, you will become his die-hard fan like me."
Smith said confidently.
Just wait and see.
Buckley raised an eyebrow.
…
The game started soon, and without any surprise, coach McHaney replaced Thomson with T.J. Walton.
He is very confident in his tactics. He believes that as long as Li Zhen maintains a good rhythm and TJ Walton is interspersed, the offensive effect will suddenly increase... because Walton's finishing ability is really strong.
To be fair, TJ Walton is indeed an excellent attacker. However, his problem is that he is only 185, even shorter than Li Zhen. At the same time... his shooting ability is not outstanding. Without the passing button installed,
Under such circumstances, if the basketball is handed to him, he can only rush into the paint area and finish with a layup or be directly blocked and out.
He might have had an easier time if the opponent wasn't Kansas.
Mario Chalmers is an excellent defensive player. In the NCAA, his defensive ability can even be considered top-notch, and he is extremely good at forcing steals.
At the same time, Kansas also has talented forward Lenny Kuhl and thick white big man Greg on the inside.
Under the overlapping defenses.
TJ Walton rushed into the paint area with the first ball in the game and was directly grabbed by Lannicour.
In the second attack, Mario Chalmers forced him to the baseline again. When he tried to take off and hit Chalmers with the basketball, the basketball was taken away.
Then, he started to hit the iron, and his heroic appearance was left outside the three-point line and at the free throw line.
If Li Zhen hadn't taken advantage of the situation and launched two quick counterattacks, completing a beautiful pick-and-roll match with Scott, Stanford might even have had nothing in the first three minutes.
"Is this what you call a super point guard? His performance was mediocre. The ball was controlled by the No. 23 player next to him, but the No. 23 player's strength was very poor."
Charles Barkley couldn't hide his disappointment.
Kenny Smith was even more angry. He was a fan of Li Zhen. He simply couldn't stand Stanford's tactical arrangements for this game: "Do you remember that article on the Internet? It turned out that what was written was true. That stupid pig McHaney actually
I have never seen such a jealous and narrow-minded head coach. He is personally destroying the miracles created by coaches Bruce and Jamie Lin..."
The more Smith talked, the angrier he became.
Only then did Charles Barkley remember that he had forwarded that article and mentioned it when commentating on the Nets vs. Bulls game. At that time, another commentator, Earl Johnson, emphasized that Jason Kidd isolated the head coach in the locker room and
Driving the head coach away was inappropriate.
Barkley quickly spoke from the perspective of the players: Players can feel the changes in the rhythm of the game far better than coaches, and a super point guard like Jason Kidd whose basketball IQ is only higher than that of the head coach can certainly have more autonomy.
.In fact, many head coaches are not that great and bright. I saw a very bad head coach on the Internet today. He left when the team had no hope. But he came back when the team continued to create miracles.
And he also sent the assistant coach who performed the miracle to the video room, and also let another main player replace the core position of the meritorious player...
These words came to mind, and combined with the situation on the court, Barkley's frustration also turned into dissatisfaction with Stanford's head coach.
In fact, the same is true for the fans in the entire San Diego Arena. Most of them had read the article on the Internet, and they were skeptical at the time. But now...the facts are before their eyes, and everyone's anger is rising.
Everyone has a steelyard in their hearts, which contains fairness and justice.
However, besides being dissatisfied, what else can you do besides booing when T.J. Walton is holding the ball?
The initiative is always in the hands of the Stanford head coach.
When the game progressed to 3 minutes and 53 seconds.
Li Zhen came to the frontcourt with the ball. At this time, the Crimson team was already 8 points behind Kansas.
In the process, Li Zhen saw Michael Jordan shaking his head on the sidelines, and also saw Isaiah Thomas pursed his lips and couldn't hide his disappointment. The most important thing is that in the last round, when Chalmers was executing a free throw, he watched
Kevin George came to the stands and made a fist gesture towards himself: meaning to cheer himself up and work hard.
Obviously, the Spurs general manager and chief scout sitting next to him were somewhat uninterested.
These people are all here because of my magical performance in the first four games. It is hard for me to get so much attention now. But these two guys TJ Walton and McHaney have to be destroyed abruptly. There is a saying in China,
Ruining someone's future is like killing their parents. The actions of these two people are fully worthy of this crime.
Originally, before taking the field, Li Zhen thought McHaney would make some adjustments.
But now, T.J. Walton is playing so poorly that he actually just asked Frank Benson and Scott to quickly come to the line to set up a pick-and-roll for Walton, and also asked Li Zhen to play the ball faster.
"Give me the damn ball!!"
TJ Walton's call for the ball came again, and he looked like he was invincible in the world.
But...beep!
Li Zhen asked for a timeout. He slammed the basketball on the ground and walked to the bench angrily.
He felt it was time.
Now, every Stanford player, including the chairman of the athletic committee, is depressed and has witnessed the stubbornness and incompetence of head coach McHaney.
The team is already 8 points behind, and emotions are building up.
So, showdown!
Chapter completed!